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First Year PhD - too early to plan for your future?
I was running the Careers Service stand at the University Induction sessions for new research postgraduates. While waiting eagerly for conversations with keen new researchers, my ear caught the following comment from someone walking by: 'Careers? It's a bit early,...
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Happy Diwali – shining a light on the best graduate jobs…!
One of my clients asked yesterday, ‘How do I find the best job?’ This made me think, whilst we have a huge number of employers on campus; all trying to persuade you to start your graduate career with them, how do...
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It's only a dissertation, right?
Yesterday I saw lots of students for CV checks - par for the course at this time of year. And I have noticed a common theme. With the final years, I hardly ever see any mention of their Final Year...
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Internships for First Years
In my afternoon drop-ins yesterday the vast majority of questions from new students were around how to find an internship. Whilst it is generally more common for recruiters to offer internships to second years, there is a shift in...
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Do you have a Video Interview coming up?
I am seeing a surge in the number of requests for Mock Interviews in the Careers Service. Therefore I thought this week I would focus on preparing for interviews. The use of Skype or telephone interviews is fairly common; I have...
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National Evaluate your Life Day!
Mark your calendars! October 19th is National Evaluate Your Life Day. Didn't know there was such a thing? Me neither, I was looking for inspiration for my next blog post and googled off-beat holidays you can celebrate in October. This...
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How To Effectively Follow-Up After A Careers Fair
Wow! The Autumn Careers Fair was busy today! It was great to see so many University of Bath students engaged in conversations with recruiters on campus. It might be useful to think about what you learnt from talking to the...
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“Tell me about yourself” – an innocent ice-breaker or nightmare interview question?
A few days ago I delivered a workshop on Preparing for Interviews; during the workshop I asked the participants to share their nightmare interview question. It seems one of the most commonly asked interview questions ‘Tell me about yourself’ strikes...
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Autumn Careers Fair 2014
The University of Bath, Autumn Careers Fair will be held on Thursday 16th October from 11am-4pm in the Sports Training Village. For those of you who have never been to careers fair, you’re in for a treat: over 135 employers...